tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2163743890270452394..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: BristolPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-29525849969824990402016-10-21T15:43:13.250+01:002016-10-21T15:43:13.250+01:00It is interesting that merchants must have poured ...It is interesting that merchants must have poured a ton of money into this facility, built in 1809–11 as a social club for themselves. Now I am sure that they talked business in the club and didn't just cosy up in leather seats with whiskeys in hand. However it was a social club primarily and not a bank, insurance office, shipping company or government department. <br /><br />Business men certainly knew how to look after themselves back then!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38878119359665533142016-10-20T08:55:44.871+01:002016-10-20T08:55:44.871+01:00Congratulations again on getting a shot of the who...Congratulations again on getting a shot of the whole building in the narrow confines of Corn Street! A truly lovely building, fortunately free of the Greek and Minimalist tendencies of the period. Stick to Roman, folks!Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42032199886130263052016-10-17T10:03:08.234+01:002016-10-17T10:03:08.234+01:00Peter: Yes, that's the place. I didn't kno...Peter: Yes, that's the place. I didn't know about the weathervane until, getting back home and reading about the building I'd just seen, I came across a reference to it. So now of course I'll have to go back and have another look. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-81414646063557492252016-10-17T09:49:58.903+01:002016-10-17T09:49:58.903+01:00I've got a strong feeling I've been in her...I've got a strong feeling I've been in here when it was a club. As it was one of many Bristolian lunches I was involved in in the 1980s I could of course be mistaken. But one thing I either remembered or dreamt-up was that there was some sort of weathervane up on the wall to help merchants guess when their ships might arrive. Presumably if it was a strong easterly they'd order another bottle of port.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com